Fame and success are very different things.
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Enya
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About Enya
Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin better known as Enya, is an Irish singer and composer. With an estimated equivalent of more than 80 million albums sold, she is one of the world's best-selling music artists. Enya is the best-selling Irish solo artist, and the second-best-selling music act from Ireland overall, after the band U2. Enya's music has been widely recognised for its use of multi-layers of her own vocals and instrumentation, lengthened reverb, and interwoven elements of Celtic music.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by EnyaThe writing of a melody is an emotional moment success doesn't make it easy.
When making music I sink myself into the process as deeply as I can and forget all of the success.
The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial it was something very personal to me.
The minuses of celebrity include having to live with security and the knowledge that you may be stalked.
I know every note in every song, the whole history of it, even parts that were there and are gone.
I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary.
I have had death threats from people with fixations.
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As with anything creative, change is inevitable.